Cutler lists Republicans who support his campaign

Independent candidate Eliot Cutler on Monday released a list of Maine Republicans, from business owners to office holders, who support him in his run for governor.

Cutler, a Cape Elizabeth resident, Shawn Moody of Gorham and Kevin Scott of Andover are independent candidates on the Nov. 2 ballot. They will face Republican Paul LePage of Waterville and Democrat Libby Mitchell of Vassalboro.

• Karen Brown-Mohr of Portland, a former four-term Republican legislator from Bethel.

• Horace “Hoddy” Hildreth Jr., chairman of Diversified Communications, former Republican state senator and candidate for Congress, and son of the late Gov. Horace Hildreth Sr.

• Edward S. “Ted” O’Meara Jr., Cutler’s campaign manager, a former chairman of the Maine Republican Party, member of the Republican National Committee and candidate for Congress.

Maine Republican Party Chairman Charles Webster discounted Cutler’s release and his run as an independent, calling him a “liberal Democrat.”

“If I said I was a scientist, would that make me a scientist?” said Webster, who works in the home heating business. “That’s how I look at it. Just because he says he’s an independent doesn’t make him an independent.”

Webster said he assumes that the Republicans who support Cutler are doing so because they have personal connections to the candidate.

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